The great paper chase: in search of Italy's best stationery stores
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Italy is awash in stationery stores, with stores in Florence, Milan, Rome and Venice offering stationery supplies from the antique-looking to the best in the trendiest stationery. The Pagot stationery store in Rome even repairs broken antique fountain pens and restores them to their former glory.
Publication Name: Travel & Leisure
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0041-2007
Year: 1998
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Counterfeit couture: why Italy is the land of phony Pradas and mock Moschinos
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The problem of counterfeiting in Italy has been rampant since 1987 because of the government's failure to implement rules that protect designs and logos. Counterfeiting has increased at a rate of 1,200% and has generated an estimated $6 bil annual sales.
Publication Name: Conde Nast Traveler
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0893-9683
Year: 1997
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On Italian time
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A woman talks about taking a train with her family from Zurich, Switzerland to Italy. She describes Italy as a place where concepts of time and space matter much less than wine, art and lovemaking.
Publication Name: Travel & Leisure
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0041-2007
Year: 1995
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